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Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea
This study analyzed patient preferences using travel time from residence to dental institution when selecting dental care services. We used data from the Korean Health Panel from 2008 to 2017 and analyzed each dental service episode. Since the distribution of travel time was skewed to the left, medi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206239 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042051 |
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description | This study analyzed patient preferences using travel time from residence to dental institution when selecting dental care services. We used data from the Korean Health Panel from 2008 to 2017 and analyzed each dental service episode. Since the distribution of travel time was skewed to the left, median travel time was analyzed. The association of travel time with services was analyzed via the population-averaged generalized estimating equation (GEE) with the Poisson family. The median of the average travel time per episode was longer for non-National Health Insurance (NHI)-covered services and shorter for NHI-covered services. The first quintile of low-income subjects traveled the longest for all services and utilized dental care the most. In the GEE analysis, travel time was approximately three times longer for implant treatment and gold inlay/resin fillings and >2 times longer for orthodontic care than for NHI-covered services. Patients residing in rural counties traveled for longer than residents of large cities. Income was statistically significant; however, the coefficient was close to zero. Travel time was related to the type of service and reflected patient preference. This was more prominent for expensive non-NHI-covered services than for NHI-covered services. The findings suggest patients’ subjective preferences for dental clinic selection are expressed as rational deliberation considering each individual’s situation. |
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spelling | pubmed-88720742022-02-25 Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea Cho, Han-A Kim, Bo-Ra Shin, Hosung Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study analyzed patient preferences using travel time from residence to dental institution when selecting dental care services. We used data from the Korean Health Panel from 2008 to 2017 and analyzed each dental service episode. Since the distribution of travel time was skewed to the left, median travel time was analyzed. The association of travel time with services was analyzed via the population-averaged generalized estimating equation (GEE) with the Poisson family. The median of the average travel time per episode was longer for non-National Health Insurance (NHI)-covered services and shorter for NHI-covered services. The first quintile of low-income subjects traveled the longest for all services and utilized dental care the most. In the GEE analysis, travel time was approximately three times longer for implant treatment and gold inlay/resin fillings and >2 times longer for orthodontic care than for NHI-covered services. Patients residing in rural counties traveled for longer than residents of large cities. Income was statistically significant; however, the coefficient was close to zero. Travel time was related to the type of service and reflected patient preference. This was more prominent for expensive non-NHI-covered services than for NHI-covered services. The findings suggest patients’ subjective preferences for dental clinic selection are expressed as rational deliberation considering each individual’s situation. MDPI 2022-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8872074/ /pubmed/35206239 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042051 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cho, Han-A Kim, Bo-Ra Shin, Hosung Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title | Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title_full | Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title_fullStr | Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title_short | Travel Time for Dental Care Services Based on Patient Preference in South Korea |
title_sort | travel time for dental care services based on patient preference in south korea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206239 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042051 |
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